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Custom domains with Azure Static Web Apps
Using a custom domain with Azure Static Web Apps
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craigshoemaker
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02/11/2021
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Custom domains with Azure Static Web Apps

By default, Azure Static Web Apps provides an auto-generated domain name for your website, but you can point a custom domain to your site. Free SSL/TLS certificates are automatically created for the auto-generated domain name and any custom domains you may add.

When you map a custom domain to a static web app, you have a few options available to you. You can configure subdomains and an apex domain.

The following table includes links to articles that demonstrate how to configure a custom domain based provider type. 1

Action Using... Using...
Set up a domain with the www subdomain Azure DNS External provider
Set up an apex domain Azure DNS External provider

1 Some registrars like GoDaddy and Google don't support domain records that affect how you configure your apex domain. Consider using Azure DNS with these registrars to set up your apex domain.

About domains

Setting up an apex domain is a common scenario to configure once your domain name is set up. Creating an apex domain is achieved by configuring an ALIAS or ANAME record or through CNAME flattening. Some domain registrars like GoDaddy and Google don't support these DNS records. If your domain registrar doesn't support the all the DNS records you need, consider using Azure DNS to configure your domain.

The following are terms you'll encounter as your set up a custom domain.

  • Apex or root domains: Given the domain www.example.com, the www prefix is known as the subdomain, while the remaining segment of example.com is referred to as the apex domain.

  • Domain registrar: A registrar verifies the availability of a domain sells the rights to purchase a domain name.

  • DNS zone: A Domain Name System (DNS) zone hosts the DNS records associated to a specific domain. There are various records available which direct traffic for different purposes. For example, the domain example.com may contain several DNS records. One record handles traffic for mail.example.com (for a mail server), and another www.contoso.com (for a website).

  • DNS hosting: A DNS host maintains DNS servers that resolve a domain name to a specific IP address.

  • Name server: A name server is responsible for storing the DNS records for a domain.

Next steps

Use the following links for steps on how to set up your domain based on your provider.